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(11) EP 0 377 980 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
19.12.1990 Bulletin 1990/51

(43) Date of publication A2:
18.07.1990 Bulletin 1990/29

(21) Application number: 89313153.2

(22) Date of filing: 15.12.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: G10D 1/00, G10D 7/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB LI

(30) Priority: 09.01.1989 JP 2376/89

(71) Applicant: INAX CORPORATION
Tokoname-Shi Aichi (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Kuno, Hiroaki c/o Inax Corporation
    Tokoname-shi Aichi (JP)

(74) Representative: Pedder, James Cuthbert et al
Barlin Associates, 50 Throwley Way
Sutton, Surrey SM1 4BW
Sutton, Surrey SM1 4BW (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Musical instruments comprising ceramic-resin composites


    (57) A musical instrument improved in sound tones and other properties is provided, the instrument body of which comprises a machinable ceramic-resin composite material. The instruments can be readily produced by a method which comprises impregnating a machinable ceramic article containing substantially continuous micropores with a liquid resin material and hardening the resin material, and then machine-processing the resulting machinable ceramic-resin composite article into an instrument body or body parts thereof having such shapes that conventional wood and/or metal materials have been used for the instrument body. When the instrument body is composed of a plurality of body parts, such body parts of the composite material are produced as mentioned above and assembled into the instrument body. The instrument body is then assembled with accessories into an musical instrument.







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